Construction of the addition of the UCAP school blocks the sidewalk at the UCAP school. Closing the sidewalk in a school zone. With the only concession to pedestrians being a hastily painted mid-block crosswalk, most choose to walk in the roadway along the edge of the construction fence.

Once again, we have a great variety of sessions related to design, planning, engineering, advocacy, and more, presented by an array of talented and experienced professionals. Add to that a few terrific field sessions and the return of our popular poster session, and it promises to be a great and productive day.

A young girl is in critical condition after she was struck by a motorcycle in a hit-and-run crash in Providence. The 3-year-old was hit at about 8:15 p.m. Wednesday on Gladstone Street. According to police, a motorcyclist hit the girl at a high rate of speed then took off. – WPRI Regardless of the headline, there was actually a person …

Police are actively searching for the driver of a car that hit a pregnant woman and fled the scene early Monday morning. According to Captain David Lapatin, the victim is Caren Baker of Providence. – WPRI

A pedestrian was apparently struck Sunday morning by a pick-up truck on Boston Street near the intersection with Main Street, according to police. The Providence Journal It is not clear from the report if this is a hit & run incident. It is also not clear from the report if anyone was actually driving the black pick-up, one assumes someone …

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. | A woman and two of her children, walking in the street because of the piles of snow on the sidewalk, were injured when they were struck by a car Saturday on Pawtucket Avenue. The driver, a 23-year-old Pawtucket woman who was not identified, was cited for a driving-while-texting violation, a Municipal Court infraction. The Providence Journal …